National Geographic Channel is set to air The Liquid Bomb Plot film on Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. E.T., which tells the story of how nearly two dozen men in Britain almost got away with a scheme to plant liquid explosives on at least 10 America and Canada-bound jetliners. The plot, which was widely reported in August 2006, was the catalyst for the 3-1-1 liquid rule for carry-on luggage, National Geographic Channel said in a release. The Liquid Bomb Plot includes interviews with Michael Chertoff, former secretary, Department of Homeland Security and General Michael Hayden, former director, CIA as well as top British security officials.

You know him as a legal adviser on TV news. And now, Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein and his office's lawyers and investigators are also the subjects of a documentary film or television series being developed by an award-winning producer. "The one thing I was not interested in was a reality TV show," said Finkelstein, who appears on WSVN-Ch. 7's "Help Me Howard. " "My lawyers don't run down the hall and tackle anyone, or whatever they do on reality shows. " The untitled project is by Nicole Rittenmeyer, an executive producer based in New York.

As if to remove the teeth of the coming Shark Week on another cable network, Sharkville (National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.) travels the southern coast of Africa, where a researcher makes a surprising discovery. It had been assumed that the great white shark only hunted by day because of poor eyesight. But Ryan Johnson discovered in a six-year study of the great whites that they hunt seals at night. In Sharkville, he tries to capture that with night-vision cameras. A reunion of sorts is held on Doctor Who (Sci Fi, 9 p.m.)

National Geographic Channel is set to air The Liquid Bomb Plot film on Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. E.T., which tells the story of how nearly two dozen men in Britain almost got away with a scheme to plant liquid explosives on at least 10 America and Canada-bound jetliners. The plot, which was widely reported in August 2006, was the catalyst for the 3-1-1 liquid rule for carry-on luggage, National Geographic Channel said in a release. The Liquid Bomb Plot includes interviews with Michael Chertoff, former secretary, Department of Homeland Security and General Michael Hayden, former director, CIA as well as top British security officials.

10 tonight on HBO, John From Cincinnati: The Yosts, three generations of Southern California surfers, have endured wave after wave of bad luck. But when a mysterious stranger arrives, the Yosts find their lives changing from mundane to meaningful. The cast of the series, created by David Milch (Deadwood), includes Rebecca De Mornay, Garret Dillahunt, Bruce Greenwood, Ed O'Neill and Luke Perry. 7 p.m. Tuesday on Cinemax, Have You Seen Andy?: More than 20 years after her childhood friend was apparently abducted from a neighborhood swimming pool, filmmaker Melanie Perkins seeks answers to the unsolved case.

Dear Steve: What do you think about the Dog Whisperer show? I'm just curious. -- D.K., Bloomfield Hills, MI Dear D.K.: Host Cesar Millan has a unique skill to communicate both with dogs and a TV audience. However, that doesn't make him the guru of all dog trainers. In fact, I have serious concerns because his methods are often intimidating rather than motivating. On TV, the dogs do comply but often they're being forced to.

You know him as a legal adviser on TV news. And now, Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein and his office's lawyers and investigators are also the subjects of a documentary film or television series being developed by an award-winning producer. "The one thing I was not interested in was a reality TV show," said Finkelstein, who appears on WSVN-Ch. 7's "Help Me Howard. " "My lawyers don't run down the hall and tackle anyone, or whatever they do on reality shows. " The untitled project is by Nicole Rittenmeyer, an executive producer based in New York.

Want to learn more about what the war in Afghanistan looks on the ground? Here are a frew ways. In bookstores, the book "Infidel" by Tim Hetherington, who wrote this week's Outlook cover story and from which the excerpts on this page appear, was released on Oct. 19. On television, the documentary "Restrepo" will be televised by the The National Geographic Channel on Monday, Nov. 29 at 9 p.m. In movie theaters, the documentary "Restrepo" opens...

To the atheist who thinks all religious books including the Bible should come with a "fiction" label: He must have missed the National Geographic Channel production, DaVinci Code Explained, which concluded that Dan Brown's assumptions in his best-selling novel were fabrications. Pope Benedict said at Pope John Paul II's funeral, "The church is alive because Christ is alive!" As a convert to Christianity, I rejoice with the great number of former atheists in God's great gift to us, His words asking us to "love one another" and "pray for your enemies," and all the other wise and wonderful instructions given to us by Jesus.

As if to remove the teeth of the coming Shark Week on another cable network, Sharkville (National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.) travels the southern coast of Africa, where a researcher makes a surprising discovery. It had been assumed that the great white shark only hunted by day because of poor eyesight. But Ryan Johnson discovered in a six-year study of the great whites that they hunt seals at night. In Sharkville, he tries to capture that with night-vision cameras. A reunion of sorts is held on Doctor Who (Sci Fi, 9 p.m.)

10 tonight on HBO, John From Cincinnati: The Yosts, three generations of Southern California surfers, have endured wave after wave of bad luck. But when a mysterious stranger arrives, the Yosts find their lives changing from mundane to meaningful. The cast of the series, created by David Milch (Deadwood), includes Rebecca De Mornay, Garret Dillahunt, Bruce Greenwood, Ed O'Neill and Luke Perry. 7 p.m. Tuesday on Cinemax, Have You Seen Andy?: More than 20 years after her childhood friend was apparently abducted from a neighborhood swimming pool, filmmaker Melanie Perkins seeks answers to the unsolved case.

Dear Steve: What do you think about the Dog Whisperer show? I'm just curious. -- D.K., Bloomfield Hills, MI Dear D.K.: Host Cesar Millan has a unique skill to communicate both with dogs and a TV audience. However, that doesn't make him the guru of all dog trainers. In fact, I have serious concerns because his methods are often intimidating rather than motivating. On TV, the dogs do comply but often they're being forced to.